Vincenzo Scalia
Biographic Data
| ID | 4076397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincenzo Scalia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincenzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Scalia |
| SIGNATURE | SCALIA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Winchester, Winchester, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The production of the Mafioso space. A spatial analysis of the sack of Palermo
The Strategy of Tension
A Research Agenda for Global Crime
This multidisciplinary collection of essays by leading international scholars explores many pressing issues related to global crime. The book opens with essays that look across this diverse terrain and then moves on to consider specific areas including organised crime, cyber-crime, war-crimes, terrorism, state and private violence, riots and political protest, prisons, sport and crime and counterfeit goods. The book emphasises the centrality of c…
Democracy on the Five Star Movement’s Rousseau platform
The Five Star Movement, or M5S, is a popular anti-establishment, populist political party in Italy. One of its key features is the Rousseau platform, an online space designed to enable direct democracy. Named after the eighteenth century thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau, it banks on the idea that the traditional state is corrupt, while the people's will can be more directly polled and executed as a governing force. However, Rousseau has also been cr…
Crime, Networks and Power
The Rogue from Within
The context of decentralised policing or local squads? The case of the Italian Ronde
In summer 2009, the Italian government led by Silvio Berlusconi passed a bill which legalised the local squads or, ronde as auxiliary police forces, under the inspiration of the government partner Lega Nord. The Parliament was later to approve this bill, thus causing the indignation of that part of Italian society which saw in the ronde the proof of a populist turn of Italian society. This article will show how the ronde must be understood in the…
Just a Few Rogues
Two people, a policeman and a football supporter, died in Italy in 2007 after clashes between police and football supporters. Italian public opinion asked for more repressive measures to fight football related violence. Both politicians and football clubs supported this view, thus blaming ultras, as Italian organized football supporters are called, for wrecking football. That does not acknowledge the place of ultras in Italian football culture. U…
Democracy on the Five Star Movement’s Rousseau platform
The Five Star Movement, or M5S, is a popular anti-establishment, populist political party in Italy. One of its key features is the Rousseau platform, an online space designed to enable direct democracy. Named after the eighteenth century thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau, it banks on the idea that the traditional state is corrupt, while the people's will can be more directly polled and executed as a governing force. However, Rousseau has also been cr…
Just a Few Rogues
Two people, a policeman and a football supporter, died in Italy in 2007 after clashes between police and football supporters. Italian public opinion asked for more repressive measures to fight football related violence. Both politicians and football clubs supported this view, thus blaming ultras, as Italian organized football supporters are called, for wrecking football. That does not acknowledge the place of ultras in Italian football culture. U…
The Strategy of Tension
Just a Few Rogues
Two people, a policeman and a football supporter, died in Italy in 2007 after clashes between police and football supporters. Italian public opinion asked for more repressive measures to fight football related violence. Both politicians and football clubs supported this view, thus blaming ultras, as Italian organized football supporters are called, for wrecking football. That does not acknowledge the place of ultras in Italian football culture. U…
The context of decentralised policing or local squads? The case of the Italian Ronde
In summer 2009, the Italian government led by Silvio Berlusconi passed a bill which legalised the local squads or, ronde as auxiliary police forces, under the inspiration of the government partner Lega Nord. The Parliament was later to approve this bill, thus causing the indignation of that part of Italian society which saw in the ronde the proof of a populist turn of Italian society. This article will show how the ronde must be understood in the…
Crime, Networks and Power
The Rogue from Within
A Research Agenda for Global Crime
This multidisciplinary collection of essays by leading international scholars explores many pressing issues related to global crime. The book opens with essays that look across this diverse terrain and then moves on to consider specific areas including organised crime, cyber-crime, war-crimes, terrorism, state and private violence, riots and political protest, prisons, sport and crime and counterfeit goods. The book emphasises the centrality of c…
Democracy on the Five Star Movement’s Rousseau platform
The Five Star Movement, or M5S, is a popular anti-establishment, populist political party in Italy. One of its key features is the Rousseau platform, an online space designed to enable direct democracy. Named after the eighteenth century thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau, it banks on the idea that the traditional state is corrupt, while the people's will can be more directly polled and executed as a governing force. However, Rousseau has also been cr…
The production of the Mafioso space. A spatial analysis of the sack of Palermo
The Strategy of Tension
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Economics (2 works)